Full Term: Thirty-Seven Weeks.

My little sweet pea,

We made it to full term! You can come out any time now, Daddy and I are quite ready for you! I've had a few people ask if I'm anxious and I'm truly not. I'm comfortable knowing (as much as I can) what's coming up, and I know it's all in God's hands. I have loved - and still do love! - being pregnant, watching my body change and grow. Sure, I complain a bit, especially at night if I'm on my feet all day, or sitting too long. I'm tired, it's hard to change into my pj's, my feet and back hurt, but then I sleep, and wake up the next day feeling refreshed again. But, on the other hand, I'm so excited to meet you and be a mom, that I'm ready for you to come! I'm excited to see what my body can do to deliver you, and experience that special part of womanhood - becoming a mom! I'm excited to start the next chapter of our lives with you. To watch your Daddy turn from a husband into a father, to see him hold and protect you and love you! So to sum it up, we're ready for you - come whenever you'd like!

Your Grandma Crane is still adamant you'll be early, which is fine with me, but I have a feeling you'll be stubborn and just because she's insisting that, you'll be late just to prove her wrong. 

We had another appointment last week, and we'll have them every week from here on out. We met another midwife, and I found out that midwives are only on call Sunday - Thursday nights. If you aren't born during that time, then I'll have to have one of the doctors. I know I just said come whenever, but I would absolutely love it if you came at night during the week so a midwife could deliver you. When they measured me, I was still the same 34 cm that I was at our last appointment two weeks ago. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but then I started to get worried that you weren't growing, so I turned to the internet and started googling. I also put it in the message boards on one of my pregnancy apps, and it seems like it might be a sign that you've dropped! So I'm going to stay on board with that one. I also got tested for group b strep, and that came back negative. I'm excited for that so hopefully I won't have to be hooked up to any IVs during labor, as long as I keep myself hydrated!

We took our maternity pictures yesterday, and I'm super excited to see how they turned out. Daddy is a little worried because he's self conscious about his smile, even though I think his smile is super cute. At first, it was hard because there were a lot of people around, but then I got more comfortable with it, and didn't care what other people thought about my big belly.

With my maternity pictures done, I'm finally getting my hair cut today! I'm really excited to get my "mommy" hair cut. I'll be cutting off about 11 inches to donate to locks of love and going back to short. I've never been nervous about getting my hair cut, but I've gotten so accustomed to having long hair now I'm a little bit worried I won't like my hair short! I know it'll be easier with you though!

Your height should be somewhere in the 18.9 - 20.9 inch range, and weight 6.2 - 9.2 pounds. I had a woman in church tell me you were going to be small since my belly wasn't that big, but then I have a feeling that you'll be big because there have been a lot of big babies born around me in the past few weeks.

The only things we did this week to finish up getting ready for you was put the car seat back in the car, and we got a mirror so that I can see you when I'm driving. Daddy cleaned the car out for me, too! I also bought a breast pump on Saturday, but it's still in the box so that if I don't need it, I can take it back.

My hospital bag isn't really packed, but I don't know what else to put in it! Most of the things I'll need I'm still using, all my toiletries, my clothes - since my wardrobe is shrinking I don't have extra clothes to pack! So right now, the bag is out, and all your clothes are in it, along with my birthing/exercise ball, but I can't pack anything else, I don't think anyways. When we lived in Maryland, Daddy would pack most of my things to come home, so hopefully he still remembers what to pack and he can finish that up for me.

You're still moving around in there, but a lot of it is more dragging movements rather than flailing. I'm sure you're just running out of room! I still feel the same, heartburn is a barely there symptom, my hips hurt if I sit too long, back hurts by the end of the day, but I wouldn't change anything. I've had a wonderful pregnancy. I still don't think I've had any contractions, but a few times a day, my stomach gets really hard, it's a little uncomfortable, but I can't tell if that's your butt moving somewhere or if it's a contraction. I might mention that at my appointment this week and see what she says. I've heard Braxton-Hicks can be painless, but I'm not sure if I'm just reading into it too much.

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but 2 weeks ago Daddy got laid off, but he's back to work now, and I think the permits for the job are going to come in soon, so he'll be back to working long hours! Hopefully that means we can get on board with our bills and such again, especially with me quitting my job - this week is my last week yay! - but he's hoping to take a few days off once you're born to help me out. Grammy wants to take a few days off, too, and if you come on time, Grandma Crane is off the week of Memorial Day and she'll help me too! We'll be playing it all by ear, it all depends on you!

Can't wait to meet you!

Love,

Mommy